Just two cards of note happened this weekend in Asia and on Saturday, the focus was on Archaic Hall in Amagasaki, Japan which featured a good contest for the Japanese light middleweight title.

After a nine year career filled with ups and downs, Amagasaki southpaw Yuki Nonaka, 17-7-2 (6), finally hit paydirt in September by stopping former Japanese welter title challenger Akihiro Furukawa for the vacant domestic light middle championship.

Last night the 31 year old Nonaka lit up the ring in his hometown with a sterling performance against durable Tokyo slugger Takao Onda, 19-7 (14), to retain the Japanese belt for the first time by scores of 99-92 and 98-92 twice.

Nonaka could be heading into a unification bout with OPBF titlist Kazuhiko Hidaka, who defeated Nonaka by points in a close fight last year, or a high profile scrap with former Japanese titlist Nobuhiro Ishida, who won a WBA title eliminator in September and might be looking for a tough bout to keep busy before a world title clash.

An excellent super flyweight bout highlighted the undercard as Takeshi Honda, 12-3-4 (8), got past Yudai Matsumoto, 7-5-2 (1), after eight rugged rounds on marks of 78-76, 78-75 and 77-75. More...

Two good cards last night with some of the country's best in action on a busy Friday night in Ratcha Anachak Thai.

We start off in the North-East city of Buriram where WBC Asian Boxing Council Super Feather king Thong Por Chokchai, 18-5-1 (11), made the first defense of his second title reign by stopping seasoned Japanese operator Nobuhisa Doi, 21-11-6 (7), in four frames.

Southpaw Chokchai was thrown into the deep end early in his career, going 6-4-1 (3) in his first three years before reeling off a 12-1 (8) mark ever since, suffering his only loss to former WBC Super Feather titlist Sirimongkol Singwancha in May of last year.

Also on the bill was big punching former WBC super bantam title challenger Napapol Kiatisakchokchai, 45-2-1 (39), who kept busy with a ten round points win over professional debutante Ewan Borne, 0-1 (0), of Indonesia. More...